Shepherds Cottage, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX Data via plota.co.uk

EPF/1663/26 - Lawful development Under Consultation
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed ancillary entertainment space outbuilding. (Building F). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 61.

The consultation period closed on 1 Oct 2026.

Documents 10

Statements & assessments 1

PDF EFDC - Land Drainage #1 Memo (Consultee Comments) · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 5

PDF Chigwell Parish Council. Representations (Neighbour/Parish Comments/Objections) · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Chigwell Parish Council Representations (Neighbour/Parish Comments/Objections) · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Environment Agency Comments #1 Memo (Consultee Comments) · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Response from HSE Representations (Neighbour/Parish Comments/Objections) · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Cadent Gas Limited #1 Memo (Consultee Comments) · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 1025-26_proposed site masterplan nts_a3.pdf PDF · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 1025-26_abridge proposed entertainment space-5001.pdf PDF · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 1025-26_abridge proposed entertainment space-5000.pdf PDF · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Forecourt Walls Railings and Gates at Woolston Hall, Grade II, about 59 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Epping Forest
Application type
Lawful development
Postcode
IG7 6BX
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Ward
Chigwell with Lambourne
Parish
Chigwell
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Studio Kyson

Decision outlook

Day 61, past the statutory target. 94% of extensions in Epping Forest are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 27 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 615 days past the 56-day target
74%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
841decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Epping Forest in the last twelve months, from validation. Epping Forest decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
1 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Woolston Manor, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX
TPO/EPF/42/01 T38: Poplar - Crown reduce by up to 5m, as specified. NB: The permitted spe…
EPF/1547/25
2024 Approved
Woolston Manor Apartments, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX
TPO/EPF/42/01 T36: Sycamore - Selective prune of overhanging branches of up to 2m to boun…
EPF/1652/24
2024 Approved
Woolston Manor Apartments, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX
TPO/EPF/42/01 T36: Sycamore - Selective prune of overhanging branches of up to 2m to boun…
EPF/1652/24
2023 Approved
Woolston Manor Apartments, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX
TPO/EPF/42/01 T37: Poplar - Selective reduction of lower lateral branches to clear buildi…
EPF/2464/23
2023 Approved
Woolston Manor Apartments, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX
TPO/EPF/42/01 T37: Poplar - Selective reduction of lower lateral branches to clear buildi…
EPF/2464/23
2023 Approved
Woolston Manor Apartments, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX
TPO/EPF/42/01 (Ref: T33) T33: Poplar - Selectively prune overhanging lower branches by up…
EPF/1632/23
2023 Approved
Woolston Manor Apartments, Abridge Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BX
TPO/EPF/42/01 (Ref: T33) T33: Poplar - Selectively prune overhanging lower branches by up…
EPF/1632/23
2016 Approved
1 Woolston Manor Apartments Abridge Road CHIGWELL IG7 6BX
TPO/EPF/42/01 - T1 Poplar & Weeping Willow : Crown lift 5m, cut back 2m over parking area…
EPF/2713/16
Epping Forest
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#172 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Epping Forest ranks #114 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Epping Forest is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 76% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 76% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Epping Forest decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
67%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #295 of 296
76%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #290 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #114 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #87 of 296
49%
Minor dwellings approved
228 decided (1-9 homes)
55%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
49%
Change of use approved
43 decided
1,307
Total decisions
429 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings